The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy

About the Acronym Institute

The Acronym Institute works with policy makers and non-governmental organisations
to promote non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament by disseminating
information and maximising negotiating opportunities in all available
fora. When arms control measures become blocked, as at present on treaty
ratification and the proposed ban on the production of fissile materials,
the Acronym Institute will work to promote constructive dialogue and alternative
approaches.

promote further ratifications and the full implementation of arms
control treaties;

promote talks among the nuclear weapon states and identify concrete
measures for further progress in transparency, arms control and confidence
building, focusing on unilateral initiatives, five-power (P-5) agreements
or joint declarations, as well as multilateral negotiations;

exchange information and increase understanding of arms control and
non-proliferation issues and fora among diplomats, parliamentarians
and officials in non-nuclear-weapon and threshold states, with a view
to more effective participation, especially from states in regions of
high tension or proliferation concern.

The Acronym Institute can be contacted at:
24 Colvestone Crescent
London
E8 2LH

Rebecca Johnson's direct line:
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7503 8857

Background: The Acronym Institute was set up in November 1995 under the name 'Disarmament
Intelligence Review'. In April 1997 it became sole publisher of Disarmament
Diplomacy, a journal of news, documentation and opinion pieces on
disarmament and arms control negotiations. In September 1997 the Institute
was legally established in London, UK, under the name The Acronym Institute. In 2011,the name of the organisation was amended simply to Acronym Institute. The Acronym Institute wasoriginally founded to continue the
investigative work on disarmament negotiations that Dr Rebecca Johnson had carried
out from 1994 in Geneva and New York for four nongovernmental organisations,
VERTIC, ISIS, BASIC and Dfax, known as 'The Acronym Consortium'.
The Acronym Consortium dissolved into its constituent parts in October
1995. You will find related material and some earlier publications on
the websites of former Consortium members.